[Chris.L]

Hi Team,

I picked up a LWB bare chassis for free, now i'm on the hunt for a ute cab.

It seems ALOT easier to track down a 1lt (no Booster) than a 1.3lt (Booster) cab. The car's basically going to be built for 4x4 only, and will have disks all round.

Therefor my question is, is it really that much better running a booster? or given the car will not be daily driven would it not matter to much.

Thanks

Chris

[Gwagensteve]

Depends on the rest of the setup. I like my unboosted brakes but you need to very carefully choose booster size and with a low geared auto it can be tiresome due to pedal weight. If I was building again I'd build boosted.

[Chris.L]

Gwagensteve wrote:

Depends on the rest of the setup. I like my unboosted brakes but you need to very carefully choose booster size and with a low geared auto it can be tiresome due to pedal weight. If I was building again I'd build boosted.

Thanks Steve,

The plan is to run 33's all-round, WT diffs twin locked, reduction gears and 1.6lt motor w/ 1.3lt manual box.

Okay, it's quite difficult to mod a booster to fit a 1.0lt chassis correct?

[Gwagensteve]

Chassis is the same. It's the body that's the problem. Yes. The firewall is substantially different unless you find a type 3 ute cab.

[Chris.L]

Gwagensteve wrote:

Chassis is the same. It's the body that's the problem. Yes. The firewall is substantially different unless you find a type 3 ute cab.

Thanks, my apologies i meant Cab.

Looks like i'll need to wait until one pops up! (if they ever do haha)

Thanks Again Steve!

[shakes]

Running a remote booster is always an option.

Pretty common in rods and I've seen it a few times in drift/track cars. No clue how it would translate to a 4x4 but nothing jumps out at me.

A lot of effort and a few $$$ though.

[sideways]

I've seen 2 1ls with remote boosters. I've never felt the need for a booster in my unboosted Suzukis but they're near stock (so light) and running smaller tyres than most.

[got_bar_work]

Just cut down a swb soft top and put a Maruti back on it
Easy to find. Cheaper. More room

[alien]

Could you cut out a firewall from a wreck maybe?

[MrRocky]

Ive done a couple booster conversions on marutis.
Just swap the pedal box and enlarge the hole in the firewall, pretty simple.